Institute For Development Studies Andhra Pradesh
(IDSAP) (An Autonomous supported and funded by Government of Andhra Pradesh)

Prof. R. Radhakrishna did his post-graduation in Economics and Statistics from Andhra University, and Ph.D. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (Poona University). At present he is the Chairman of Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was the Chairman of Madras Institute of Development Studies, served as Governing Council Member of several research institutes, and contributed profusely to policy making bodies at state and national level.

Dr. Radhakrishna held several important administrative positions - Chairman of National Statistical Commission, Government of India (2009-12) in the rank of Minister of State; Director/Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (2001-07); Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University (1998-2001); Member Secretary of Indian Council of Social Science Research, MoHRD (1996-97); Director of Centre for Economic and Social Studies (1985-2004) and Professor of Economics, University of Hyderabad (1980-85). He served as an expert consultant to several international organizations: international institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1978, Australian Centre for international Agricultural Research in 1997; UNESCO's Management of Social Transformation (MOST) in 2004; UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific in 2005, World Bank, Asian Development Bank UNDP, UNOP FAO, etc. He was a Visiting Fellow at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1976-77. Dr. Radhakrishna, guided 25 doctoral students and l0 M.Phil. students He worked on several pressing economic problems, and made pioneering contributions on poverty and wellbeing, food security agriculture, and rural development. He authored and edited 20 books and monographs, and more than 100 papers in national and international journals. His well cited publications are: Complete Expenditure Systems for India, international institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, 1978, India's Public Distribution System: A National and international Perspective published by World Bank, 1998; Empowering Rural Labor published by lndian lnstitute for Human Development, 1998; lndia Development Report 2008 published by Oxford University Press; and Handbook of Poverty in lndia: Perspectives, Policies, and Programs published by Oxford university Press, 2005. ln recognition of his significant academic contributions, he was awarded VKRV Rao Prize in Economics in 1985, and Telugu Atma Gaurava Puraskaram, Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1998. He was awarded honorary Doctorate by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam, 2017. He was the conference president of: Asian Association of Social Science Research Councils in 1995, Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing in 1996, Indian Society of Labor Economics in 2002, Indian Econometric Society in 2008, Conference President of Indian Economic Association. 2016, and President of Indian Association of Social Science institutes, 2017, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, 2019. He served as an editorial board member of several journals including Journal of Quantitative Economics, Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development, Journal of Asian Economics, IUP Journal of Applied Economics and Indian Economic Journal.

Dr. Radhakrishna's achievements in academic administration are well recognized. During his long tenure as the Director of Centre for Economic and Social Studies, the institute was recognized by the ICSSR as a Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences. As the Director of lGlDR, he introduced several innovative programmes including well recognized masters in economics, a unique international collaborative doctoral programme in Law and Economics, international collaborative programme in Asian Studies, and also strengthened the institutes' social policy research programme. He worked as the Chairman of a number of Review Committees appointed by the University Grant Commission and lndian Council of Social Science Research. Dr. Radhakrishna has been deeply involved in the policy making of several national organizations from time to time. During his tenure as Chairman of National Statistical Commission (NSC), he caused to finalize a) National Policy on official Statistics. b) Draft Bill on National Statistical Commission (NSC), c) Code of Statistical Practices, and d) Formulated Guidelines for Outsourcing Statistical Activities. Dr. Radhakrishna also chaired a number of official Committees on Planning headed Official Statistics, Education, official Statistics of Agricultural Economics, and poverty. of them, the Expert Group on Agricultural lndebtedness (2006-07) and the Committee on Credit Related issues under SGSY (2008-09) are well known. Taking into consideration the views of the Expert Group, Government of India introduced the farm loan waiver scheme and following the recommendations of the latter committee, Government of India established National Rural Livelihood Mission. He was also a member of three important Planning Commission Expert Groups on Poverty: Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand, 1977-78; Expert Group on Estimation of Proportion and Number of Poor, 1989-93 (Lakdawala Committee); and Expert Group to Review the Methodologies on Estimation of Poverty, 2006-08 (Tendulkar Committee). He was also associated with two Vision documents: The Chairman, Agricultural Group of Vision 2020, Government of Andhra Pradesh, 1997; and Member, Vision 2020, Planning Commission, 2000.

Prof. C.H. Hanumantha Rao did his Post Graduation at Osmania University, Ph.D. at University of Delhi and Post-Doctoral work at University of Chicago. He is presently Honorary Professor at Centre for Economic and Social Studies Hyderabad and institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. He was a Fellow at institute of Economic Growth (lEG), University of Delhi, Visiting Fellow at international Food Policy Research institute, Washington DC, and Consultant, Rural and Urban Development Division. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP), Bangkok. He is a Founder Member of the Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad. He held many important positions in several renowned academic institutions such as Chancellor, University of Hyderabad; Director and Chairman, IEG; and Chairman, Centre for Economic and Social Studies. He published nine books, seven edited books and over 100 research papers in academic journals. He also supervised, individually or jointly, a number of scholars for their Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of Delhi. He was conference President of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Indian Society of Labor Economics, Indian Society of Agricultural Marketing, Indian Social of Ecological Economics, and Indian Economic Association. Prof Rao served as a member of several expert bodies including Seventh and Eighth Finance Commissions; Planning Commission; Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Consultative Group on international Agricultural Research (CGIAR); Central Board of Directors, Reserve Bank of India; the National Advisory Council; Economic Administration Reforms Commission; Board of Directors, Food Corporation of India. And Canara Bank.

Prof. Yoginder K. Alagh obtained his Post Graduation in Economics at University of Pennsylvania and University of Rajasthan and Ph.D. in Economics at University of Pennsylvania, USA. Currently. He is Chancellor of Central University of Gujarat and Vice-Chairman of Sardar Patel institute of Economic and Social Research. He is a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi foundation, independent Director of Tata Chemicals and Shree Cements, and Consultant to Indian Express. He has proven excellence in both administrative and academic profession. He was a Minister of State for Planning & Programme Implementation with additional charge of tire Ministry of Science & Technology; Member of Planning Commission in the rank of Minister of State; Chairman of Bureau of industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Commerce & industry Secretary to the Government of India; and Advisor to the Planning Commission of India. He has been Chairman of several Commission Committees constituted by the Government of India including Agricultural Price Commission of India; oversight Committee for Lifetime Training Programs of IAS, Department of Personnel and Training; Working Group of Rainfed Areas in Eleventh Five Year Plan; and Expert Group on Pulses Promotion, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. He was also a member in the Governing Body of several international Organisations such as international Board of Governors, Centre for Governance innovation, Waterloo, Canada; Managing Committee of South Asia Network of Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE); and OECD Network, Define, Paris.
His contribution to academic is also quite noteworthy. He has occupied several important positions in various educational institutions i.e. Senior Fellow at World institute of Development Economic Research, United Nations University, Helsinki; Chancellor of Nagaland Central University

Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University; Chairman of SANDEE at ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal; Institute of Human Development, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Rural Management, Anand; Institute of Development Communication; Advisory Committee of Post Graduate Program in Public Policy at IlM, Ahmadabad; Economic Group of Indian institute of Management, Calcutta, Executive council, Central University of Hyderabad' Courts in BHU and Vishwabharati University; and Director of Sardar Patel institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmadabad. Besides these, he has taught economics at the University of Rajasthan, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, University of Jodhpur, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania, and also published several books and papers in reputed journals. Some of his important publications are Agro Climatic Regional Planning , An Overview by Planning Commission, New Delhi, 1989; Indian Development Planning and Policy, WIDER Studies in Development Economics 1991, 1996; Globalization and Local Development: A Research Agenda by UNESCO, 1999; interlinking of Rivers in India by WWF and Academic Foundation, 2006; State of Indian Farmers: A Millennium Study: Overview Academic Foundation, 2006; Evaluation Report of FAO Cooperation with India: 2003-2008 by FAO, Rome, 2009; and The Future of Indian Agriculture, National Book Trust, Delhi, 2013. He is also a member of the Society of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library New Delhi.

Prof. K. L. Krishna did his Post Graduation in Statistics from Kerala University and Ph.D. in Economics from University of Chicago. He was Chairman of Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai He has more than 50 years of teaching and research experience at Delhi School of Economics, Monash University and elsewhere in the areas of Econometrics, Development Economics, Industrial Economics, Economics of Productivity, Regional Inequality and Empirics of Trade. He supervised 24 PhD Students and 20 MPhil students at Delhi School of Economics and Jawaharlal Nehru University. He edited 4 books and has more than 30 research publication on a variety of themes. He was recipient of Fulbright Travel Grant, Golodetz Foundation fellowship at Chicago, Ford Foundation Doctoral fellowship. and Brookings Institution Doctoral fellowship.

He held many administrative and academic positions such as Chairman of Standing Committee on Industrial Statistics and Annual Survey of Industries, Government of lndia; Member of National Advisory Board on Statistics, Government of lndia. Member of State Development Board. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Board of Govemors, IGIDR; Chairman, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad; Director and Head, Delhi School of Economics; Executive Director, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi; Chairman of Research Advisory Committee for KLEMS productivity study at ICRIER; and Chairman of EXIM-Bank PhD Award. He was President of The lndian Econometric Society(TIES); Co-Chairman of Organising Committee of TIES Golden Jubilee Conference; and Founder Managing Editor, Journal of Quantitative Economics.

Prof. Hashim during his long professional career spanning over nearly fifty years, has held high positions in academics as well as in Government-planning and economic administration and diplomacy. He received higher education at University of Lucknow (1957-196l),University of Pune-Gokhale lnstitute of Politics and Economics (1964-1970), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1972-1973). He held the positions of Professor and Head, Department of Economics, M.S. University of Baroda (1978-1986) and Director, lnstitute of Economic Growth, Delhi (1995-96), and Director, lnstitute for Studies in lndustrial Development, New Delhi (2007-2010). He served in the Planning Commission of India as Adviser, Principal Adviser, Member and Member Secretary (1986-2000). He was Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan (2000-2002). Prof. Hashim was also Member and Chairman of Union Public Service Commission, Govt. of lndia from 2002 to 2006. Prof. Hashim's original work on method of measuring capital stock, published in the book Capital-output Relations in Indian Industries (M.S. University Press, Baroda, 1973) (in co-authorship with Dr. M.M. Dadi) is well regarded in literature as a seminal contribution. He has since extensively worked and written on issues relating to poverty and inequality, water, and agriculture. He Chaired the Working Group on Wholesale Price Indices (1997-1999) and was Chairman of the National Commission on Integrated Water Resources Development Plan (1997-1999). He has chaired the Planning Commission's "Expert Group on Identification of Urban Poor".

Professor S.R. Hashim was Chairman of Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI), Chairman. lnstitute for Human Development, and President of Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing. He was advisor to the Government of lraq in 70s. He was Director of lnstitute of Economic Growth in 90s. He produced many Ph.Ds. He is the editor of Quarterly Journal of lndian Association of social Science Institutions (IASS).

Prof. S. Mahendra Dev has been the Director and Vice Chancellor, lndira Gandhi lnstitute of Development Research (lGlDR) in Mumbai, India since 2010. Prior to this position, he was Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture from 2008 to 2010. He was Director. Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India for 9 years from 1999 to 2008. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of lnternational Food Policy Research lnstitute, Washington, D.C. He was Acting Chairman of the National Statistical Commission. Government of lndia. He received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for outstanding research work on development studies. He is curently the President of the lndian Economic Association. He was Conference President of the lndian Society of Labour Economics in 2017 and Conference President of the lndian Society of Agricultural Economics. He received honorary doctorate (D.Litt) ftom the Acharya Nagarjuna Universily. He has received honors for eminence in public service.

He received his Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics and did his post doctoral research at Yale University. His main areas of interest are development economics, employment, poverty, inequality, agriculture policies, rural development, and social sector. He has around 130 research publications in national and international journals. He has witten or edited 2l books. His book on 'lnclusive Growth in lndia: Agriculture, Poverty and Human Development', published by Oxford University Press is well known. He has been a consultant and adviser to many international organizations, such as UNDP, World Bank, lFPBl, UNESCO, lLO, FAO, and ESCAP.

He has been a member of several government committees in lndia, including the Prime Minister's Task Force on Employment, member of the Committee on Financial inclusion, member of the Expert Group on Poverty chaired by Dr. C. Rangaraian, member of the National Statistical Commission. He is the Chairman of the Committee on Terms of Trade on Agriculture constituted by the Ministry of Agriculture. He was member of several working groups for 9th, l0th, llth, and 12th Five-Year Plans in lndia.

Prof. P Narasimha Rao did his Post Graduation in Economics and Statistics at S.V University, and Ph.D in Agricultulal Economics at Andhra Universrty. He was Vice-Chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education. Earlier he was Emeritus Professor at Department of Economics, Acharya Nagariuna University. He has more than 28 years of teaching and research experiences at Acharya Nagariuna University in the areas of Quantitative Methods in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics. He supervised 10 MPhil and 12 Ph.D students and published 5 books and 17 research journal articles. Some of his publications are Irrigation Development: lssues and Challenges, Water Resource Management: lnter Linking of Rivers, Agricultural Mechanization in India, Dimensions of Agrarian Distress in Andhra Pradesh, Economic Efficiency in Andhra Pradesh Agriculture and Impact of Communication and lnformation Technology on Rural Production Systems. During his long association with Acharya Nagarjuna University, he has occupied many administrative positions such as Dean, Research; Head, Department of Economics; Co-ordinator, University Examinations; Member. Board of Studies in Economics and Hostel Advisory Committee. He conducted several research projects and organised national seminars. He is also a member of Agricultural Economic Research Association, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Indian Economic Association and A.P Economic Association.

Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of lndia (RBl) for five years (2008-13).Prior to that, he was Finance Secretary to the Government of lndia (2007-08) and secretary to the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (2005-07). Subbarao joined the Indian Administrative Service (lAS) in 1972, topping the highly competitive civil services entry examination in that year. As a career civil servant, he worked in various positions in the State Government of Andhra Pradesh and in the federal Government of lndia. He was a Lead Economist in the World Bank (1999 - 2004). Subbarao studied Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and later at the lndian lnstitute of Technology, Kanpur. He went to Graduate School at Ohio State University, where he got MS in Economics and was subsequently a Fulbright Scholar at MIT studying Public Finance. He got his doctorate in Economics from Andhra University.

Subbarao went in as Governor of the Reserve Bank of lndia just a week before the global financial crisis erupted in mid-September 2008, and he led the effort to mitigate the impact of the crisis on the lndian economy and to institute economic and financial sector reforms reflecting the lessons of the crisis. Subbarao was alternate Governor for lndia on the Governing Boards of both the World Bank and the lMF. He participated actively in the G 20 meetings, the meetings of the lnternational Monetary and Financial Committee (of the IMF), bi-monthly meetings of Governors at the Bank for lnternational Settlements (BlS) in Basel and a host of other international committees and conferences where his views were respected for the emerging market perspectives, he brought to bear on issues in global policy coordination.

Subbarao's book "Who Moved My lnterest Rate" chronicling his experiences in leading the Reserve Bank of lndia through five turbulent years, is best known for the way he explained the policy dilemmas and challenges facing an emerging economy central bank in a globalized world.

After stepping down as Governor, RBl, Subbarao was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2014-18), and most recently at the University of Pennsylvania (2019-20).

Prof. K. C. Reddy Chancellor & Chairman of the Governing Council, RGUKT - A.P Prof. K. C. REDDY is a Teacher, Researcher - Economist & Education Administrator. Prof. K.C. Reddy (1946) has a PhD in Economics; taught Economics at Andhra University for over 3 decades before joining Andhra Pradesh Government as Chairman, State Council of Higher Education in 2004. Also served as Chairman Rajiv Yuvakiranalu, a flagship Skill Development and Employment Programme of united AP Government during 2011-2014; served as President of the lndian Economic Association. Professor K.C.Reddy, a Doctorate in Economics; Acclaimed as a Teacher and Researcher par excellence by his students and peers; Authored many books and papers; Occupied several administrative positions like Director, Academic Staff College, and SAARC Studies Centre; Board of Management Member and Vice-Chancellor-in-charge at Andhra University; Chairman, A.P.State Council of Higher Education for two terms; Visiting Professor at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A. As an education administrator, introduced many innovative measures in Higher Education; Provided Leadership as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies; Also served as Chairman, Rajiv Yuvakiranalu, a flagship Skill Development and Employment Programme of united A.P Government during 2011-14 and instrumental in skill up-gradation in providing employment to unemployed. Recipient of many awards and honours across lndia and abroad. To make a special mention - President's Award for lnnovation in Higher Education from lndian Science Congess; Hony. D-Litt. from Bleakinge lnstitute of Technology, Sweden.

Edubelli Nagabhushana Rao was a former Professor, Senate Member, Special Officer, Dean and Head Department of Rural Development and Economics Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He is recognized as one of the best teacher, Researcher, academic administrator and Institution Builder.

He graduated, Post graduated (1975) and obtained Ph.D. (1982) in the Andhra University. Later joined as faculty member (1978) in the same university served nearly three and half decades, successfully guided Doctoral fellows (15), Post-Doctoral fellows (3) and authored 2 books in addition to few books and journals in the capacity of editor. He has conducted six major research projects, organized seminars and conferences (10), Participated in various national and international conferences. He has been serving in various academic and non-academic bodies in various capacities. Associated with Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) Hyderabad as Senior Consultant for few research projects, SpecialOfficer, Centre for Tribal Development studies

Prof. K.Hemachandra Reddy has more than 30 years of teaching & research experience in the field of Mechanical Engineering , JNTU Anantapur. He is specialized in the areas of thermal engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics; He has published more than 135 technical papers in various national and international journals with 1466 citations and h-Index of 19. He has executed externally funded research projects sponsored by DRDO to the tune of Rs. 30 Lakhs and Rs 30 Lakhs in the area of PCM based Thermal energy storage applications sanctioned by SERB are in progress. He has guided 39 scholars for PhD degrees. He has delivered more than 50 invited lectures in various universities and organized about 10 workshops/seminars. During his tenure as teacher he has handled many administrative positions at the university and college levels such as - Placement Officer, Principal, Director – Academics & Planning and The Registrar. He received Anna University National Award for the Outstanding Academic from degree level institutions from ISTE, New Delhi, India; State Best Teacher award from the AP state government and Broad Outlook Learner Teacher award from Air-India, At Present, he is Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE ).

Professor Alakh N. Sharma is currently Professor and Director of the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi. Earlier, he has worked in the capacity of Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi; Advisor (Research), V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, Noida; Professor, Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations, New Delhi; and a Faculty Member, A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, for several years. He has made significant contributions to research in varied areas such as livelihoods, poverty, employment, labour markets and related issues. During his academic career spanning over 25 years, he has directed/coordinated more than 30 research projects in the above areas sponsored by various agencies including national governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and international organizations. He has also been a consultant to several international organizations such as ILO, UNDP and the World Bank. Professor Sharma has been closely associated with the policy-making processes involving employment, livelihoods and development in India, and has been a member of several high-level committees/task forces constituted by national and provincial governments. He has authored /edited/co-edited 15 books and published over 30 research papers in various journals. He is also Editor of the Indian Journal of Labour Economics (IJLE), the quarterly journal of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), and Co-editor of the Indian Journal of Human Development (IJHD), a bi-annual journal brought out by IHD. Professor Sharma is also credited with institution-building in India. His role in reviving and strengthening the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) and its quarterly journal, IJLE, is widely acknowledged among both economists and academicians. In addition, it is largely due to his efforts and vision that IHD, of which he is one of the founding members, . has today become an important centre for research and studies on livelihood, employment and labour markets. Professor Sharma has also made valuable contributions in forging networks of researchers in the above areas in India and Asia, particularly in South Asia. Currently, he is leading a major research and network programme on Employment, Social Protection and Inclusive Growth in South Asia, which is being supported by IDRC (Canada), UNESCAP and ILO.

Prof. S Galab did his Post Graduation in Economics and Statistics, and Ph.D in Economics at Andhra University. He is presently the Director of lnstitute for Development Studies, Andhra Pradesh. He is closely associated with several advanced research centres in Social Sciences in India and abroad. He has supervised a large number of PhD and MPhil students at CESS. He has been a member of several policy bodies and Committees constituted by Governments 0f lndia, and State Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He was formerly Director of Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad. He was special invitee to Committees and Commissions constituted by Government of lndia and Andhra Pradesh for enhancement 0f Farmers' well-being such as Expert Group on Agricultural lndebtedness, Ministry of Finance, Government of lndia; Member of Farmers'Wellare Commission in Andhra Pradesh, Government of undivided Andhra Pradesh; and member of Commission on lnclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Development of Andhra Pradesh, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He has also a special invitee to the Working Group on Poverty Elimination Programmes, Planning Commission, Government of lndia. He has made pioneering research contributions in the fields of Rural Development, Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, Rural lndebtedness. Agrarian Distress and Farmers' Suicides, and Rehabilitation and Resettlement. He has authored many books and research papers in national and international journals. He is a coauthor of the books on Joint Forest Management in Andhra Pradesh and organising Poor Women: The Andhra Pradesh Experience. He is also an author of 42 research reports brought out by CESS. These include Rural lndebtedness in Andhra Pradesh (2007), Andhra Pradesh Human Development Report (2007), Mid-Term Appraisal of the Xl Five Year Plan of Andhra Pradesh (2010), Xll Plan Approach Paper on Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh (2012), Human Development Report in Telangana State: District Profiles (2015), Status of Millennium Development Goals in Telangana State (2015), Human Development Report in Andhra Pradesh: Regional Pattern (forthcoming), Millennium Development Goals in Andhra Pradesh (forthcoming).

Professor Galab made significant contribution in organising research programmes at CESS. He was instrumental in the establishment of Division of Child Studies (DCS) sponsored by UNICEF and Division for Studies on Sustainable Development (DSDS) at CESS. He directed many research projects sponsored by national and international organisations such as World Bank, Wisconsin University, University of Amsterdam, Planning Commission, ICSSR, Government of lndia, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. He was principal investigator for Young Lives Project which is an lnternational Collaborative Longitudinal Project on Childhood Poverty in Andhra Pradesh located at CESS. He was Project Director for Andhra Pradesh District Poverty lnitiatives Project (APDPIP) and Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Project (APRPRP). He was a member of the Advisory Board of Commission of lnquiry on Socio-Economic & Educational Conditions of Muslims, Government of Telangana and Coordinator of Group on Primary Sector for the Preparation of 12- Five Year Plan Approach Paper, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Peter Timmer was a visiting professor at Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment in 2007. He is a leading authority on Agriculture and Rural development who has published widely on these topics. He has served as a professor at Stanford, Cornell, three faculties at Harvard, and the University of California, San Diego, where he was also the dean of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A core advisor on the World Bank's World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development, Timmer also works with several Asian Governments on domestic policy responses to instability in the global rice market. In 1992, he received the Bintang Jasa Utama (Highest Merit Star) from the Republic of Indonesia for his contributions to food security. He is an advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on agricultural development issues. Timmer's work focuses on three broad topics: the nature of "pro-poor growth" and its application in Indonesia and other countries in Asia; the supermarket revolution in developing countries and its impact on the poor (both producers and consumers); and the structural transformation in historical perspective as a framework for understanding the political economy of agricultural policy.

Is an English economist and emeritus professor of development studies. She was trained in geography, agricultural science, agricultural economics and self-taught in development economics. In the 1990s, she helped to create the multi- and inter-disciplinary thematic discipline of development studies in Oxford Department of International Development; and in 2005-7 founded Oxford's Contemporary South Asia Program. She has developed an approach to the understanding of Indian rural development and its informal economy, grounded in political economy and decades of what the economic anthropologist Polly Hill called 'field economics'.

Hans-Bernd Schafer is a German economist and a pioneer in the field of law and economics in Germany and Europe. Schafer is professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg and former director of the Institute of Law & Economics. Currently he is an affiliate professor at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany

K. Subbarao is a principal economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network of the World Bank. He holds a Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics, India. He has authored or co-authored six books and several research papers and monographs in three areas: efficiency and distributional impacts of agricultural market interventions, gender and development, and on safety nets and poverty-targeted programs. He is the principal author of a recent World Bank publication entitled Safety Net Programs and Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Cross-Country Experience. At the World Bank, he is currently leading a program team that promotes evaluation of poverty reduction impacts of program/project interventions.

Kaliappa Kalirajan is an applied economist and policy analyst. He received his Master's in Mathematical Economics from Madurai University (1970), Master of Letters in Econometrics from Madurai University (1973) and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the Australian National University (1979). Before joining the Crawford School, he was a Professor of International Economics at the Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID) and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo. Before joining FASID and GRIPS, he was Deputy Executive Director to Executive Director, in the Australia South Asia Research Centre at The Australian National University (1994-2000). His areas of major interests include macroeconomic and trade policies and reform, poverty reduction, and sources of growth. His work on the stochastic frontier production function methodology has given him international recognition. He has several research publications in these areas in reputed academic and policy-oriented journals. He received a special commendation award from the Indian Econometric Society for his outstanding work in frontier production function analyses in December 1994. He has authored, co-authored, or edited a dozen books published by reputed international publishers. He has taught and supervised students for PhD in Economics and Econometrics in the following universities: Madurai University, India; National University of Singapore; University of the Philippines; The Australian National University; Sophia University, Japan; International University of Japan; International Christian University, Japan, and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan. He is also a visiting professor at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India. He is an Advisor to the FASID-GRIPS Joint Graduate Program in International Development Studies taught at GRIPS in Tokyo. He has been a consultant to different national and international organizations. He is currently serving in the editorial board of the following journals:

• International Journal of Applied Economics, Sage Publications, New Delhi.
• Agricultural Economics, Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Blackwell Publishers.
• The Developing Economies, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO and Blackwell publishers.
• Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The Australian Society of Agricultural Economists and Blackwell publishers.
• Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier Publications.
• Indian Economic Journal, Indian Economics Society, Academic Publications.

I have been professor and head of the Department of Political Science at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg University since 2016.

I teach and research in the area of comparative and South Asian politics and international relations. Current research projects involve democratic backsliding, politics of welfare and India's emergence in the global order.

I have earlier taught at the National University of Singapore (2008-2016), the Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi. 2003-2008), Hunter College (New York, 1996-1998) and the University of Vermont (Burlington, 1999). I am concurrently Senior Non-Resident Fellow with the Institute of South Asian Studies (National University of Singapore, 2021-2023), and co-chair of the China-India workshop coordinated by Fudan University in Shanghai.

I serve on the board of journals such as Governance, Global Public Policy and Governance, Pacific Affairs, India Review, Bandung and the Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences. I co-edit a book series for Oxford University Press titled: Institutions and Development in South Asia.

C.G. Ranade, Retired Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank, USA ... Professor at Stratford University and University of Bridgeport, USA. Dr. Ranade has completed his education at John Hopkins University in Master of Arts in Education. Dr. Ranade has done a Master of Statistics from Indian Statistical Institute and Ph.D. in Economics with a specialization in agricultural economics from Cornell University, USA. This involved numerous applications of mathematics and statistic. He has worked with IIMA and International Food Policy Research Institute, USA, and made a significant contribution to policymaking. Further, he has joined the World Bank, as Senior Agricultural Economist and involved in many international projects. In the World Bank, he was managing training programs on Rural Project Analysis in the Transition Economies of the Former Soviet Union countries, Cambodia and Vietnam; and Policy Analysis programs in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa Region.

Ph. D: Topic: ‘Economic Analysis of Paddy Cultivation in AndhraPradesh. M.A: Economics ( Agricultural Economics as a special paper. P.G. Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management and Diploma in Computer Applications.

Prof. Duvvuri Narasimha Reddy is the Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi Former Professor of Economics at University of Hyderabad; former Sankaran Chair Professor at NIRD and ICSSR National Fellow. His publications: Towards Understanding WTO Doha Development Round (2005), Labor Regulation, Industrial Growth and Employment: A Study of Recent Trends in Andra Pradesh (2008), Agrarian Crisis in India (2009 ed., with Srijit Mishra) and "Contours of the Agrarian Question: towards Political Question of 'the peasantry' in India" in Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition (2016, B B Mohanty ed.). His areas of interest: political economy of development, labour and agricultural economics.